Introduction
How is the communication system in Ecuador? Here, Broadcast media include
the Communication Council, an official entity, carried out a media registry in Ecuador in December 2020. It registered 956 media outlets, 89% are private, 5% are public and 6% belong to small communities. The government controls most of the 44 public media, this includes national media and multiple local radio stations. In addition, of the 956 registered media, 58% are radio and 18% print. Two provinces have the largest number of media outlets: Guayas has 172 media outlets and Pichincha has 130 media outlets. (2020) so also sent to the National Assembly a new regulation proposal that is still under discussion.
(2022). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.More about communication in Ecuador
| Internet country code | .ec |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 2,371,297 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 13 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 13.68 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 76% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Ecuador has a small telecom market dominated by the mobile sector; the evolution of the market has been influenced by the poor fixed-line infrastructure, which has stymied the development of fixed-line broadband services; to some extent poor infrastructure has been the result of topographical challenges which have rendered the cost of deploying networks to remote and mountainous areas prohibitive; although Ecuador has several fixed-line operators and a large number of ISPs, the state-owned incumbent leads the fixed-line market, and thus also the fixed broadband market; thus far the MVNO sector has been slow to develop, partly because the incumbent operators also have their low-cost brands and thus there is little business case for new market entrants; the government is keen to advance and improve teledensity; from 2022, additional revenue will be earmarked for programs aimed at expanding the reach of internet and mobile services in rural areas of the country; Ecuador lacks a national 5G roadmap; the mobile operators have conducted several 5G pilots, but no progress has been made on allocation spectrum for 5G, or on developing strategies to encourage investment in the sector (2022) |
| Domestic | According to 2021 statistics from the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society, 50 percent of Ecuadorian homes do not have access to fixed internet; fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of nearly 94 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 593; landing points for the SPSC (Mistral Submarine Cable), Panamerican Cable System (PAN-AM), Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS), America Movil-Telxius West Coast Cable and SAm-1 submarine (SAm-1) cables that provide links to South and Central America, and extending onward to the Caribbean and the US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 1.644 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 9 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 17.491 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 97 (2022 est.) |
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